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another key state to watch, florida, florida, florida. the most recent polling average showed mitt romney is holding an advantage leading about 50-48. with 29 electoral votes at stake it is a must-win for romney in his path to 270. and it's a state president obama won in 2008. to explain romney's path to victory in florida, we're join the by senator marco rubio. i'm just doing the average of the real clear politics center. actually, your man's up 1.5%. that's all it is, 49.7 versus 48.2. if you can't win florida, pack up and go home, what's your take? >> well, 1.5% in florida as blowout. let's hope it's that much. we feel good about florida, we really do. i mean, as i said, the best way i can put it is i'd rather be us than them. there's a lot of the reasons why we feel good about florida. because the early voting advantage the democrats built up in 2008 isn't there this time around. it's about half, less than half what was they had going in. last year, 2008, going into election day. that manifests -- that's evidence of a lack of enthusia
another key state to watch, florida, florida, florida. the most recent polling average showed mitt romney is holding an advantage leading about 50-48. with 29 electoral votes at stake it is a must-win for romney in his path to 270. and it's a state president obama won in 2008. to explain romney's path to victory in florida, we're join the by senator marco rubio. i'm just doing the average of the real clear politics center. actually, your man's up 1.5%. that's all it is, 49.7 versus 48.2. if you...
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florida's importance critical, the time and the money they spent here in florida. only ohio has been visited more with each campaign spending more advertising dollars in florida than in any other state. as for the main concern, no matter who they support, florida's struggling economy. >> i considered romney for a short while until i realized he doesn't have a plan that's detailed. if you expect somebody to be successful there has to be a plan. when i luke at what happened in the country the last four years, i see all positive indicators across the board. >> economic policies, they are, i think, vastly superior, the vision that obama has led up for the country, more fiscally responsible plan that will get the country back on track. >> florida's unemployment rate stands at 8.7%, above the national average. it's been hard hit by a couple of things, most notably the housing bubble and also more recently, its tourist industry has been impacted by the weakness we are seeing in europe. floridians, you might recall, aren't used to lagging any national averages when it come
florida's importance critical, the time and the money they spent here in florida. only ohio has been visited more with each campaign spending more advertising dollars in florida than in any other state. as for the main concern, no matter who they support, florida's struggling economy. >> i considered romney for a short while until i realized he doesn't have a plan that's detailed. if you expect somebody to be successful there has to be a plan. when i luke at what happened in the country...
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we'll take you a little bit further south, of course florida one of our swing states. and getting messier by the minute across sections of north florida and you can clearly see that that rainfall will make impacts for many of you across sections of the southeast including georgia and into the carolinas. some showery weather also for those of you in the northwest. in terms of tracking the storm system, the nor'easter that we've been talking about, this has clearly been on everyone's mind and we know how important it is to folks who want to get the latest details. once that storm system which is bringing the rain that we just showed you across the southeast begins to lift upward, we are anticipating those impacts to begin wednesday into thursday. and then thursday into thursday night, we will see some wet and wintry weather continuing, but the latest model runs are trending the system a little bit further offshore. back to you. >> thanks, danielle. it is now a sprint to the white house this morning. investors are waiting for a level of uncertainty to be removed from the
we'll take you a little bit further south, of course florida one of our swing states. and getting messier by the minute across sections of north florida and you can clearly see that that rainfall will make impacts for many of you across sections of the southeast including georgia and into the carolinas. some showery weather also for those of you in the northwest. in terms of tracking the storm system, the nor'easter that we've been talking about, this has clearly been on everyone's mind and we...
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campaigning yesterday was prominent florida republicans including former florida governor jeb bush, joins us now, of all the swing states, governor, florida seems to be one where the romney campaign is feeling pretty good. is that still the case? can you hear us now, governor bush? we'll be back to him in a second, make sure we check our audio. i can tell, when i was staying up in florida he was going like that and i don't think he meant no. i realized then probably the ifp -- >> quick programming note on the bridge issue that we discussed before, only the three-person rule only applies to the henry hudson bridge, lincoln tunnel, triboro, queens boro, anything below 63rd street. coming on the george washington street, harlem river bridge you do not need to have three people. >> which is probably why you see long traffic lines at the gw bridge, that is an issue and why we've seen so much. the hurricane deductibles, new jersey is saying when it hit the shore in new jersey that it was a post tropical cyclone. gentlemen you watch business, what does that mean for the insurance companies if yo
campaigning yesterday was prominent florida republicans including former florida governor jeb bush, joins us now, of all the swing states, governor, florida seems to be one where the romney campaign is feeling pretty good. is that still the case? can you hear us now, governor bush? we'll be back to him in a second, make sure we check our audio. i can tell, when i was staying up in florida he was going like that and i don't think he meant no. i realized then probably the ifp -- >> quick...
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i do feel good about florida. >> what makes you feel good about florida? >> i think romney is going to do well on the i-4 corridor but will keep it close enough in the eastern time zone that when the votes come in from the central time zone, northwest florida, for hundreds of thousands of people vote, they will roll up a big margin for romney and it will overcome whatever small margin, if any, obama gets out of the eastern half the state. >> sounded a little to me, i'm playing psychologist here, probably bad thing to do, that your knees are knocking a little bit over virginia. and i would dare say, if governor romney doesn't carry virginia, he isn't going to carry. >> very hard for him to win without virginia. it's not impossible but it's very hard. i think virginia is going to be very, very close. i think it's going to be razor thin. i would rather have romney's hand in virginia than obama's because -- >> governor barbour, it's brian sullivan in rockefeller center, sorry to jump in, sir. >> that's all right. >> i'm also from virginia and understand the by
i do feel good about florida. >> what makes you feel good about florida? >> i think romney is going to do well on the i-4 corridor but will keep it close enough in the eastern time zone that when the votes come in from the central time zone, northwest florida, for hundreds of thousands of people vote, they will roll up a big margin for romney and it will overcome whatever small margin, if any, obama gets out of the eastern half the state. >> sounded a little to me, i'm playing...
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reuters reports similar margins in florida, virginia, colorado and ohio. governor romney will be spending the day campaigning in florida and virginia, finishing with a final rally in manchester, new hampshire, and then president obama will be campaigning in wisconsin, ohio and iowa. we also have an update on sandy. millions in new york and new jersey are still without power as a result of superstorm sandy. this is creating problems at the gas pump as residents struggle to keep cars and generators fueled. for the first time in 30 years a gas rationing system is in effect now throughout 12 new jersey counties. we'll get an update on the fuel supply problems in a few minutes from john eichberger, director of motor fuels at the national association of convenience stores. let's get a quick check on the markets, ahead, 24 hours away from the elections here dow jones looks like it would open 34 points lower, s&p 500 off a little over four points and the nasdaq would be off about ten points. let's take a trip overseas to see what's going on in asia, a little bit d
reuters reports similar margins in florida, virginia, colorado and ohio. governor romney will be spending the day campaigning in florida and virginia, finishing with a final rally in manchester, new hampshire, and then president obama will be campaigning in wisconsin, ohio and iowa. we also have an update on sandy. millions in new york and new jersey are still without power as a result of superstorm sandy. this is creating problems at the gas pump as residents struggle to keep cars and...
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florida, nu/"carolina, virginia, iowa, colorado, nevada -- which is tough for romney. we get to 269-269. then it goes to congress. the house of representatives picks the president. we have a republican house and will have one after this election. that means mitt romney assuming no elector defects to one side or the other. the house of representatives would elect mitt romney president. but the senate elects the vice president. that means joe biden could serve with mitt romney. crazy and i don't expect it to happen. but not beyond the realm of possibility. >> you have biden in cleveland, romney there, too. is that a lack of confidence in ohio? >> i think that suggests a determination not to relax on the final day. the president will do media interviews from home in chicago. mitt romney is out on the stump. i think so is paul ryan for that matter. joe biden is ensuring the democrats aren't leaving anything set in ohio unanswered. >> john, thanks so much. going to be a long night. we'll look forward to your reports throughout the evening. history shows democratic president
florida, nu/"carolina, virginia, iowa, colorado, nevada -- which is tough for romney. we get to 269-269. then it goes to congress. the house of representatives picks the president. we have a republican house and will have one after this election. that means mitt romney assuming no elector defects to one side or the other. the house of representatives would elect mitt romney president. but the senate elects the vice president. that means joe biden could serve with mitt romney. crazy and i...
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. >> florida. >> the pac-10 or the big ten? i don't know what i'm talking about. who is the competitor to the sec? >> there is no -- there hasn't been a competitor. >> what's the one that rut gger just join some had. >> the big ten. >> on so trying toitor competitor. >> and there are good teams out west. pac-10. oregon is good and ucla and usc. >> by the way, i have to apologize, i don't know if june is watching. she sat by us at the game. she gave me gloves, i'm really sorry, i walked out with them. i gave them to ray who said that he sees you all the time. >> ray rice? >> no, a different ray. i hope that he actually does see her because i gave him the gloves. but tweet me and i'll pay for the gloves. sorry. i feel so bad, i pronled i'd give the gloves back and i walked out with them. >> i guess we should move on. >> probably. >> earlier this week we told you about james gorman's memo to employees, encouraged them to make calls and letters to washington demanding a balanced compromise on the fiscal cliff. today's politico's morning money reports the bank's employ
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obama's going to visit colorado, iowa, wisconsin, ohio, virginia, new hampshire, and florida. and an almost identical tour for romney excepts he swaps florida in favor of, get this, pennsylvania. very interesting. now you're going to be looking, there it is, live pictures of westchester, ohio, where a mitt romney rally is under way. tens of thousands there, and lines to come into the rally stretch out for six blocks. this is interesting. does team romney see an opening there? let's talk here now is democratic strategist robert shrum, columnist for "the daily beast" and ed rogers, republican strategist and former bush 41 deputy assistant. gentlemen, welcome back. >> good to be here. >> i want to begin with this thought. not the jobs thing. the jobs thing is too inconclusive. what is so interesting is the aftermath, the immediate aftermath of the hurricane has turned out to be far worse, difficult. people die. gasoline lines. 1970 style stuff. somebody has to bear the blame for that even though it may be unfair. people are in an ugly mood about the aftermath of this storm, bob s
obama's going to visit colorado, iowa, wisconsin, ohio, virginia, new hampshire, and florida. and an almost identical tour for romney excepts he swaps florida in favor of, get this, pennsylvania. very interesting. now you're going to be looking, there it is, live pictures of westchester, ohio, where a mitt romney rally is under way. tens of thousands there, and lines to come into the rally stretch out for six blocks. this is interesting. does team romney see an opening there? let's talk here...
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. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning, the race in the battleground state of florida lived up to its billing. that presidential contest is still too close to call. but mary thompson is there. and maybe she's not going to call it for us, but can give us more information on where we are. mary? >> reporter: no, i'm not going to call it, andrew. might not be until this afternoon or possibly 9 to 12 days from now before we know the outcome of the florida vote here. the vote count was called off late last night. miami-dade, which is one of the most populous counties here in florida said it would continue the vote count today. hanging in the balance, 29 electoral votes. but, again, at this point may make little difference. this is where we stand as far as the vote count goes with president obama showing a slight lead over governor romney according to the florida division of elections. now, even if the final results are submitted today, if there is a margin of victory of less than .5%, here in florida, that triggers an automatic vote recount. that has to be completed either after n
. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning, the race in the battleground state of florida lived up to its billing. that presidential contest is still too close to call. but mary thompson is there. and maybe she's not going to call it for us, but can give us more information on where we are. mary? >> reporter: no, i'm not going to call it, andrew. might not be until this afternoon or possibly 9 to 12 days from now before we know the outcome of the florida vote here....
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key battleground, 13 electoral votes at stake. 48, 47 bavmt look at florida. even bigger. of course the election that deadlocked the 2000 campaign. 49-47 obama. and the state of ohio which most see as the hinge state for the election. 18 electoral votes. president obama up 51-45 among likely voters. we don't know the composition of turnout. white versus african-american and hispanic turnout. these key. and the proportion of senior citizens versus young voters. obama's base but they have not shown a tremendous amount of interest. >> pennsylvania had become a swing state. do you believe it? >> i don't believe so. mitt romney doesn't have as many options as president obama does. he's making a late play to move the numbers. >> are we going to have an answer on wednesday or is this going to drag out? >> i think we'll have an answer. i have been saying by midnight. some of my colleagues say it may take longer to call some states. i think if you look at the consistency of the way battleground states tend to fall it is not likely we'll in b in a multi day process. >> you have a qu
key battleground, 13 electoral votes at stake. 48, 47 bavmt look at florida. even bigger. of course the election that deadlocked the 2000 campaign. 49-47 obama. and the state of ohio which most see as the hinge state for the election. 18 electoral votes. president obama up 51-45 among likely voters. we don't know the composition of turnout. white versus african-american and hispanic turnout. these key. and the proportion of senior citizens versus young voters. obama's base but they have not...
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ago in the high fives and low sixes, so whether you're looking at the national association of home floridas index yesterday, marching up to the best levels since may of '06 or starts and permits, i would have to say that i can't tell you if every region is going to have hot housing market as some of the stories i was reading about in miami, but there seems little doubt at least at this point before everybody starts tackling deductions like home mortgage interest, that it's trying to get a bite and trying to grab. rates kicked up maybe a basis point. dollar index under duress and doing better again, the dollar that is on the yen and that has been one of the big trades last several weeks. back to you. >> rick, thank you. steve liesman is standing by in new york and steve the big thing coming up today has to be when bernanke is going to be speaking. we talked earlier about that. what really do you expect to hear today? >> not unrelated to the report we just got, becky, i think that's a good question because i think bernanke is going to be relatively pleased with what's happened to mortgages. i
ago in the high fives and low sixes, so whether you're looking at the national association of home floridas index yesterday, marching up to the best levels since may of '06 or starts and permits, i would have to say that i can't tell you if every region is going to have hot housing market as some of the stories i was reading about in miami, but there seems little doubt at least at this point before everybody starts tackling deductions like home mortgage interest, that it's trying to get a bite...
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it's another thing in florida on the coast. there were counties i found along north carolina that have fema money on top of fema money from the prior storm on top of fema money. that's not the case in new york. >> three storms hit new york in 1954. all of them twice as big as the one that just hit three in one year. >> i don't want to give you a nodule but people are making a leap with global warming thing. it may be true. i don't think there's evidence of it. >> i tell you, it's our living in sin that's bringing on all this weather. >> that we know to be true. >> right. >> especially your living in sin, joe. >> it's moral decline bringing on natural disasters. the end of the world is near. i look at both sides -- >> i'm not a scientist. >> no, you're not. >> i'm not. neither are you. >> you are a preacher. >> i'm somebody who reads enough to know that most scientists believe the climate is warming. >> most believe that. connecting the storms is where -- >> up next, a couple friend requests from investors and later strategies f
it's another thing in florida on the coast. there were counties i found along north carolina that have fema money on top of fema money from the prior storm on top of fema money. that's not the case in new york. >> three storms hit new york in 1954. all of them twice as big as the one that just hit three in one year. >> i don't want to give you a nodule but people are making a leap with global warming thing. it may be true. i don't think there's evidence of it. >> i tell you,...
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and i report on the buildout of florida in the 80s. growth comes with constraints and costs. what are the hurdles going from 10,000 to 25,000 and double again. >> the best example is walmart. starting rate $17 an hour, short 125 people, $25 an hour overtime and but the challenge is we get 100 to 150 people a day looking for jobs. if you don't have housing you're not going to last and we're tired of people living in their cars and that type of thing, we regulated them out so we want to become, this play is going to be around for 50 years and so make an investment, build a town, a community. >> there's been a history of boom towns and bus towns. are you confident in the 50-year forecast? >> yes. >> you must have confidence. >> we do, we have information from sampson, a private equity platform we control in the energy shale and we have access to hess and haliburton and slumberge and it points to a 40 or 50-year -- >> can you give us the math in terms of are you renting properties, selling some properties, how much they're going to go for,
and i report on the buildout of florida in the 80s. growth comes with constraints and costs. what are the hurdles going from 10,000 to 25,000 and double again. >> the best example is walmart. starting rate $17 an hour, short 125 people, $25 an hour overtime and but the challenge is we get 100 to 150 people a day looking for jobs. if you don't have housing you're not going to last and we're tired of people living in their cars and that type of thing, we regulated them out so we want to...
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. >> john, i'm told that did not pass in south florida. it was proposed but didn't pass and the total cost per gas station is $8,000 to $10,000 for the prewiring and the generator. seems like they would have made that over the last couple of weekends, if they had had it. anyway, to not worry about losing the power when you don't have it is the only thing i can -- like this last storm it's like hey, neighborhood doesn't have power anyway. you can't do anything to us at this point. john hofmeister, appreciate it. thanks. >>> coming up, policy decisions from the bank of england and the european central bank, two important announcements from europe that are still ahead this morning. bob, these projections... they're... optimistic. productivity up, costs down, time to market reduced... those are good things. upstairs, they will see fantasy. not fantasy... logistics. ups came in, analyzed our supply chain, inventory systems... ups? ups. not fantasy? who would have thought? i did. we did, bob. we did. got it. impact wool exports from new zealand,
. >> john, i'm told that did not pass in south florida. it was proposed but didn't pass and the total cost per gas station is $8,000 to $10,000 for the prewiring and the generator. seems like they would have made that over the last couple of weekends, if they had had it. anyway, to not worry about losing the power when you don't have it is the only thing i can -- like this last storm it's like hey, neighborhood doesn't have power anyway. you can't do anything to us at this point. john...
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>> becky it happens after every hurricane whether on the gulf coast, florida and unfortunately in the metropolitan area in new york. the supply siders are doing everything they know how to do. so you broaden utility crews from across the country, trying to get electricity restored, the oil companies are doing everything they can do within the limits of safety, and regulation to get supply out to the public. we also have to do something different on the demand management side. what's happening is that the demand side is descending into chaos and you see it in the gas lines. this could get to gunfire if it continues in the way it's going now. my recommendation is for the governors of new jersey, new york and connecticut, come together, go to an odd/even rationing plan, cut the demand in half every day by going to odd/even rationing. >> based on your driver's license or based on the -- >> based on the license plate. >> like we did back in the '70s. >> exactly. so you've cut the demand in half by definition of what numbers on your car license plate. take care of the service providers, tax
>> becky it happens after every hurricane whether on the gulf coast, florida and unfortunately in the metropolitan area in new york. the supply siders are doing everything they know how to do. so you broaden utility crews from across the country, trying to get electricity restored, the oil companies are doing everything they can do within the limits of safety, and regulation to get supply out to the public. we also have to do something different on the demand management side. what's...
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recently ships that were previously taking gasoline into florida or maybe even new york was starting to move crude oil up to the refineries on the east coast. >> now, you were part of the rescue effort with sandy in terms of bringing some fuel into the region. >> no, we actually are in the emergency response business. we have a group that prepares and trains people for emergencies, supervises debris removal, assists state and local governments with recovering money from fema. >> i didn't realize that. and how then do you judge -- we're looking at this article this morning in terms of what was going on long island power, for example. what kind of grade to you give the utilities in this situation? >> hard for me to grade them, i think the public and their constituency is not giving them a good grade at the moment. >> did you train these people? >> we did not train those people. >> if you could -- if we could redo sandy, let's hope we don't ever have to do redo sandy. what were the things that should've happened in advance of the storm knowing it was coming. >> i think when you have sto
recently ships that were previously taking gasoline into florida or maybe even new york was starting to move crude oil up to the refineries on the east coast. >> now, you were part of the rescue effort with sandy in terms of bringing some fuel into the region. >> no, we actually are in the emergency response business. we have a group that prepares and trains people for emergencies, supervises debris removal, assists state and local governments with recovering money from fema....
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. >> welcome back from florida. great work this week. >>> shares of apple sliding over 20% since the all-time high back on september 21st. question is, do we go down more from here? later on, the changing of the guard. over in china. we'll take a closer look at the challenges and new leadership will face and means for the rest of the world. don't go away. it's about who lives in the yellow house, the green, and the apartment house, too. today we not only honor the oval office, but we honor the cubicle, and the home office as well. because today it's about all of us. and no matter who you are, you're the commander-in-chief of your own life. ♪ you're the commander-in-chief of your own life. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! oh...there you go. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! i'm gonna stand up to her! no you're not. i know. you know ronny folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy? happier than a witch in a broom factory. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen
. >> welcome back from florida. great work this week. >>> shares of apple sliding over 20% since the all-time high back on september 21st. question is, do we go down more from here? later on, the changing of the guard. over in china. we'll take a closer look at the challenges and new leadership will face and means for the rest of the world. don't go away. it's about who lives in the yellow house, the green, and the apartment house, too. today we not only honor the oval office,...
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it was dissolved in 2007 and it never did register with the state of florida. but it retains it's 501 c status right now with the irs. >> it seems like every charity that you look into, it is amazing to me. any reaction on this from the kelleys? >> we had a source close to them that said she didn't have enough information to respond. and we reached out to the accounting firm that prepared the documents and they had nothing to say. >> president obama, just ahead a county where he just got five votes. just ahead. ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together for your future. ♪ together for your future. sfx- "sounds of african drum and flute" look who's back. again? it's embarrassing it's embarrassing! we can see you carl. we can totally see you. come on you're better than this...all that prowling around. yeah, you'r
it was dissolved in 2007 and it never did register with the state of florida. but it retains it's 501 c status right now with the irs. >> it seems like every charity that you look into, it is amazing to me. any reaction on this from the kelleys? >> we had a source close to them that said she didn't have enough information to respond. and we reached out to the accounting firm that prepared the documents and they had nothing to say. >> president obama, just ahead a county where...
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in some places in florida, the ballots were 12 pages long. another big factor was the decision by some states to cut back the number of early voting days. some state legislatures rammed through voter id laws requiring people to show photo ids, fill out affidavits and other forms. plenty of people had no trouble and there's no indication that any of this tilted the outcome of the election. there's little doubt it's messy, unwieldy different in every state. >> how do you fix this? >> it would be difficult to fix it by having one system. the states have primary authority for conducting elections and some of that pass that authority down to the counties and give them leeway in implementation. and it would be extremely challenging because each state has its own traditions, its own culture. >> there is no one big fix to any of this. after the 2000 florida recount, the federal governmental located some money to try and improve things and created an agency called the election assistance commission. the problem with that body is that it doesn't work v
in some places in florida, the ballots were 12 pages long. another big factor was the decision by some states to cut back the number of early voting days. some state legislatures rammed through voter id laws requiring people to show photo ids, fill out affidavits and other forms. plenty of people had no trouble and there's no indication that any of this tilted the outcome of the election. there's little doubt it's messy, unwieldy different in every state. >> how do you fix this? >>...
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. >>> new information in the finances of jill kelley and her husband scott, the florida couple caught up in the scandal. they started a cancer charity back in 2005, shortly after they moved to tampa, they dissolved it a couple of years later and they are facing several money drops. what have you learned? >> another twisted part of the tale. public records show as jill kelley was entertaining top military brass in her backyard, she and her husband, scott del kelley, were battling a bank in court because the bank says they weren't paying their mortgage. the red brick house we've been showing on tampa's exclusive bay shore drive, purchased in 2004 for 1$1.5 million. four years later, regions bank filed to foreclose on the kell kelleys, because the bank said they hadn't sent in a mortgage payment since september 2009. records we've seen show that they owe at least 250,000, probably more. and our search of florida records show there are at least nine other lawsuits involving money and the kelley family. >> a lot of lawsuits. what about the charity the couple began? >> it was called the dr.
. >>> new information in the finances of jill kelley and her husband scott, the florida couple caught up in the scandal. they started a cancer charity back in 2005, shortly after they moved to tampa, they dissolved it a couple of years later and they are facing several money drops. what have you learned? >> another twisted part of the tale. public records show as jill kelley was entertaining top military brass in her backyard, she and her husband, scott del kelley, were battling...
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and our search of florida records show there are at least nine other lawsuits involving money and the kelley family. >> a lot of lawsuits. what about the charity the couple began? >> it was called the dr. kelley cancer foundation. started in 2005. charity was formed according to the tax filings to "conduct research into efforts to discover ways to improve the quality of life of terminally ill cancer patients." sure sounded good. they filed a tax return in 2008 and what did it do? it raised $157,000 in contributions, spent the same amount on expenses. no record of cancer research. no record of care for patients and a source told us that the matching amounts of the charity's first year are very unusual. the kelley charity spent $43,000, and $317,000 on meals and entertainment, and more than $8,000 on automobile expenses and dues and subscriptions of $6,700. they listed money spent on program services. we have no idea what it was, never explained and we have no idea how the charity raised $157,000 in the first place. it was dissolved in 2007, and dr. kelley cancer foundation never regist
and our search of florida records show there are at least nine other lawsuits involving money and the kelley family. >> a lot of lawsuits. what about the charity the couple began? >> it was called the dr. kelley cancer foundation. started in 2005. charity was formed according to the tax filings to "conduct research into efforts to discover ways to improve the quality of life of terminally ill cancer patients." sure sounded good. they filed a tax return in 2008 and what did...
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>> well, we know that is the way she was around florida and there was a little squabble and the next thing the cia director is being grilled and has to resign without any security aspect to it which is the case. so you are left with an affair that would have left uncovered and now maybe a moral argument against it if he were in the military, but as the cia director, and be the first to have an affair? >> no, nor the last, but he made the decision. >> if you had been there today doing the "today" show, how would you play this? >> well, i would not be judging him one way or another. >> but there is a journalistic feeling? >> well, some people feel there is an affair that would be wrong and some questions of national security, and we don't know. i think that we are still learning that, but if you just said that it is a relationship, an affair, that is anybody's business personally. that is necessarily affects what he does nor does it mean that someone should demand that he step down, but he made that decision. >> i think that every american should be sitting here tonight realizing that
>> well, we know that is the way she was around florida and there was a little squabble and the next thing the cia director is being grilled and has to resign without any security aspect to it which is the case. so you are left with an affair that would have left uncovered and now maybe a moral argument against it if he were in the military, but as the cia director, and be the first to have an affair? >> no, nor the last, but he made the decision. >> if you had been there...
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of a would do if florida started getting rockets from cuba or anywhere else. can you imagine a day after day after day what would the u.s. government do? what would the people of america expect from their government to do if indiscriminate fire lands in cities in the united states? i assume i know what the public in the united states would request or demand from its government. it is absurd that the world is enabling unfortunately some of the world enabling indiscriminate fire at cities and people and by the way the rockets fall on kindergartens, on hotels, on civilian houses. >> right. mr. mayor, i appreciate you taking the time, and i wish you the best for the people in your city tonight, and i hope for the sake of everyone inside those borders whether they're in gaza or the west bangor israel proper, that you all come to some kind of resolution and the bloodshed stops. thanks for joining us, mr. mayor. that is the mayor of jerusalem joining us. >>> i want to take you to other breaking news, and that is in the gulf. our breaking news from the gulf of mexico
of a would do if florida started getting rockets from cuba or anywhere else. can you imagine a day after day after day what would the u.s. government do? what would the people of america expect from their government to do if indiscriminate fire lands in cities in the united states? i assume i know what the public in the united states would request or demand from its government. it is absurd that the world is enabling unfortunately some of the world enabling indiscriminate fire at cities and...
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. >>> we finally have a winner in florida. cnn projects president barack obama won the sunshine state and its 29 electoral votes. that's based on updated vote totals provided just before today's deadline. that boosts president obama's electoral vote to a total of 322. mitt romney got 206. 270 needed to win the white house. >>> a huge earthquake has struck myanmar just nine days before president obama is due to visit. the 6.6 magnitude quake was centered about 226 miles north of the capital. if he goes ahead with his visit, mr. obama would be the first sitting president to visit myanmar. >>> we've got a lot more planned for you this saturday night. here's what else we're working on. a shocking admission, shaking the entire intelligence community. it may end a brilliant career. but did it put the country at risk? some say the gop needs some new faces or face extinction. on the other side, minorities help reelect president obama. has he done right by them? we've got a political intervention for both sides. >>> plus, is bond too o
. >>> we finally have a winner in florida. cnn projects president barack obama won the sunshine state and its 29 electoral votes. that's based on updated vote totals provided just before today's deadline. that boosts president obama's electoral vote to a total of 322. mitt romney got 206. 270 needed to win the white house. >>> a huge earthquake has struck myanmar just nine days before president obama is due to visit. the 6.6 magnitude quake was centered about 226 miles north...
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central command in tampa, florida. kelley complained to the fbi last spring when paula broadwell was having an affair with petraeus allegedly harassed her with jealous e-mails. petraeus admitted the affair with broadwell but denies any elicit contact with kelley. so does general allen who was scheduled for a senate confirmation hearing this very week to become nato's supreme allied commander. today that's on hold, but he will continue in his position as the investigation continues. and all of that as the pentagon digs through 20,000 to 30,000 pages of e-mails and other communications, many with kelley over a two-year period. >>> each revelation brings 100 new questions and my colleague chris lawrence joins me from the pentagon to answer some of them. chris, so many twists and turns in this story. it's hard to keep track, quite frankly. let's begin with general john allen. we're talking about 20,000 to 30,000 pages of e-mails, many of them to jill kelley. it really seems like an incredible amount of e-mail traffic betwe
central command in tampa, florida. kelley complained to the fbi last spring when paula broadwell was having an affair with petraeus allegedly harassed her with jealous e-mails. petraeus admitted the affair with broadwell but denies any elicit contact with kelley. so does general allen who was scheduled for a senate confirmation hearing this very week to become nato's supreme allied commander. today that's on hold, but he will continue in his position as the investigation continues. and all of...
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what's going on with florida? we're still waiting on florida. on our map, florida is the lone little yellow state. we're waiting on florida. what is happening in your state? >> well, i think later this morning you'll see the opportunities to change that from yellow to blue. the numbers are have moved in president obama's direction. i think at last count when things shut down last night the president was ahead by about 60,000 votes statewide. that there were actually voters still in line at 2:00 in the morning in miami-dade county. which is really incredibly frustrating and unacceptable given that we really have the ability to make voting a lot easier and more accessible. but the republicans kind of did the reverse in florida this year. so i think florida is ultimately going to be called for president obama. >> congresswoman, this is john avlon. the numbers looked like florida was trending romney, but this obviously too close to call, even this morning after this election. is this a testament primarily to the ground game of the obama campaign or
what's going on with florida? we're still waiting on florida. on our map, florida is the lone little yellow state. we're waiting on florida. what is happening in your state? >> well, i think later this morning you'll see the opportunities to change that from yellow to blue. the numbers are have moved in president obama's direction. i think at last count when things shut down last night the president was ahead by about 60,000 votes statewide. that there were actually voters still in line...
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florida, in 200814% overall of the latino vote. in 201217%. colorado, sorry, we have a different one up there. let me go to this. romney, this is very important, 39%. obama 42%. this is latino vote in the state of florida. colorado, look at that difference. mitt romney 23%. barack obama 38%. republicans are simply not doing well. when i started to talk about this before it's that the percentage of the latino vote is going up in those states. >> as i talked to latinos, the insight that i got was that latinos were scared. you know, it wasn't the economy and -- they were scared of the republican party, and i think fear is what did us in. people were scared of people like todd akin kin. they were scared of richard murdock. they were scared of the anti-immigration talk. it's almost as if we're living in the past. >> i want you to listen to mitt romney himself during the republican primary. you were at this debate, i believe, governor, where he was talking about the latinos and immigration. >> then they're going to find they can't get work here, and
florida, in 200814% overall of the latino vote. in 201217%. colorado, sorry, we have a different one up there. let me go to this. romney, this is very important, 39%. obama 42%. this is latino vote in the state of florida. colorado, look at that difference. mitt romney 23%. barack obama 38%. republicans are simply not doing well. when i started to talk about this before it's that the percentage of the latino vote is going up in those states. >> as i talked to latinos, the insight that i...
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give florida to romney. the state of virginia, again, the obama campaign says we're going to carry it. romney campaign says oh, no, you're not. if you give that to romney, you're down to colorado. the obama campaign says early voting makes them feel good. romney campaign says we'll win. hypothetical, i'll give it to romney. what would happen then? new hampshire, a tiny state, four electoral votes and ohio, where you are tonight, erin, 18, would settle the presidency because no matter who won new hampshire, the winner would need ohio. you're in the right place. >> certainly, it certainly feels that way and in ohio, what are you specifically looking for? what are you going to be watching tomorrow night especially when you look at those key counties? >> the reason ohio is such a good bellwether is because it is america. it has cities, agriculture, rural areas, small cities. this state of ohio has been right in every presidential election since 1964. meaning whoever has won ohio in every election since then has
give florida to romney. the state of virginia, again, the obama campaign says we're going to carry it. romney campaign says oh, no, you're not. if you give that to romney, you're down to colorado. the obama campaign says early voting makes them feel good. romney campaign says we'll win. hypothetical, i'll give it to romney. what would happen then? new hampshire, a tiny state, four electoral votes and ohio, where you are tonight, erin, 18, would settle the presidency because no matter who won...
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and he's probably going to win florida. why do i circle those? i'm going to slide this little barrier. the darker the colors, the higher the latino population. nevada, colorado, new mexico, florida, you can find other places as well up into the midwest. the republicans don't solve this problem. this is a crisis for the republican party. >> it certainly is. we're going to talk more about texas in a bit because i see that orange there. what about women? i know this war on women fight, a lot of people wondered whether it would be effective, but when it actually happened -- >> in a word, yes. >> romney did not make up that gap again. >> play the exit polls. nationally, less than half the electorate is men. governor romney wins it. but look, this is not rocket science. 53% of the electorate are women. they're going for president obama. if you're getting 55% among the biggest chunk, you are well on your path to victory. let's move it over. go through the battleground states. you start getting -- swing states, he's winning in then you come over here, th
and he's probably going to win florida. why do i circle those? i'm going to slide this little barrier. the darker the colors, the higher the latino population. nevada, colorado, new mexico, florida, you can find other places as well up into the midwest. the republicans don't solve this problem. this is a crisis for the republican party. >> it certainly is. we're going to talk more about texas in a bit because i see that orange there. what about women? i know this war on women fight, a lot...
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this is the latino vote in the state of florida. colorado, look at that difference. mitt romney, 23%. barack obama, 38%. so republicans are simply not doing well -- what i started to talk about before is the percentage of the latino vote is going up in those states. >> right. as i talked to latinos, the insight that i got was that latinos were scared. you know, it wasn't the economy and -- they were scared of the republican party, and i think fear is what did us in. people were scared of people like todd akin. they were scared of richard mourdock. they were scared of the anti-immigration talk. they were scared of the xenophob xenophobes. it's almost as if we're living in the past. >> you mentioned xenophobes. i just want to mention one thing and i want to let you all speak. you mentioned xenophobes. i want you all to listen to mitt romney himself during the republican primary. you were at this debate, i believe, governor, where he was talking about latinos and immigration. watch this. >> they're going to find they can't get work here. and if people can't get work her
this is the latino vote in the state of florida. colorado, look at that difference. mitt romney, 23%. barack obama, 38%. so republicans are simply not doing well -- what i started to talk about before is the percentage of the latino vote is going up in those states. >> right. as i talked to latinos, the insight that i got was that latinos were scared. you know, it wasn't the economy and -- they were scared of the republican party, and i think fear is what did us in. people were scared of...
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on florida. the election is over but now the focus is on governing. >> president obama will certainly have some major issues to tackle. working with congress to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, possibly appointing another supreme court justice or maybe two. and choosing new people to fill key cabinet positions. >> joining us to talk about all of this, democratic strategist maria cardona, republican strategist alex castellanos and david gergen all with wolf in washington. good to see all of you. i want to start off reading two statements. this is from the republican leadership this morning. house speaker john boehner saying if there's a mandate, it is a mandate for both parties to find common ground and take steps together to help our economy grow and create jobs. then you have senate minority leader mitch mcconnell much less conciliatory here saying, the voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the president's first term. so alex, i'm going to start off with you. i'm going to put you
on florida. the election is over but now the focus is on governing. >> president obama will certainly have some major issues to tackle. working with congress to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, possibly appointing another supreme court justice or maybe two. and choosing new people to fill key cabinet positions. >> joining us to talk about all of this, democratic strategist maria cardona, republican strategist alex castellanos and david gergen all with wolf in washington. good to...
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gathered more than 25,000 signatures on secession petitions including louisiana, north carolina and florida. here's the question. should texas be allowed to secede from the union? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog. or go to our post on the "the situation room" facebook page. wolf. >>> jack, thank you. hope they don't. i like texas. i like them part of the united states of america. that would be bad if they seceded from the union. >> well, it's not going to happen. but it's an interesting idea. >> i know. thank you, jack. >>> republicans largely lost the female vote to democrats in last week's election. and that may have been on the minds of some republican house leaders. right now the house -- in the house the minority leader -- the majority leader i should say is eric canter, he's announcing his party's leadership including the re-election of a woman representative kathy mcmorris-rogers to a powerful position. kate bolduan has been working the story for us has details. what's going on here? >> kathy actually has a more powerful position this time around. she is now the
gathered more than 25,000 signatures on secession petitions including louisiana, north carolina and florida. here's the question. should texas be allowed to secede from the union? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog. or go to our post on the "the situation room" facebook page. wolf. >>> jack, thank you. hope they don't. i like texas. i like them part of the united states of america. that would be bad if they seceded from the union. >> well, it's not...
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but the largest county in the state of florida. there is still absentee ballots, may have all of those done by this afternoon, and there are still provisional ballots that will be thursday or friday before they're completed. but in the 829 precincts, all in now, interesting numbers, the president, 521,329 votes. mitt romney, 317,382 votes. president with big numbers there, and compared to four years ago, he did better this time than four years ago, when he got 499,000. mitt romney did not do as well as john mccain did four years ago, when john mccain had 360,000 votes as opposed to mitt romney's 317,000. so those numbers will help the president to pad his lead in florida in a state that remained too close to call. brooke? >> still counting. john zarrella, thank you. john king, back to you in washington. >> still counting. shocking. one of the nice major revelations, though, republican campaign strategies, look, they have to change in the future as the demographics of the country change and change dramatically. so how does the gop a
but the largest county in the state of florida. there is still absentee ballots, may have all of those done by this afternoon, and there are still provisional ballots that will be thursday or friday before they're completed. but in the 829 precincts, all in now, interesting numbers, the president, 521,329 votes. mitt romney, 317,382 votes. president with big numbers there, and compared to four years ago, he did better this time than four years ago, when he got 499,000. mitt romney did not do as...
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votes, but we need to pursue them, and frankly, i have been there and been the chairman of the party in florida when we used to get 60% of the vote from hispanics and a larger percentage from african-americans, but you have to have a game plan and you have to have the dedication and the resources and the commitment to show up, show respect and be there at all times, and i think that it can be done, but, frankly, we need to change the scope of our energies and the scope of our commitments. >> you see, this is not an attempt by the republicans to do something and fail. this is the lack of the attempt of the republicans to do anything at all. the first state race, state race i ever worked on was the united states senate seat in 1996. and i asked, you know, very naively, why don't we go to black churches? well, they will never vote for us. why don't we retreat to students and young people. those people never vote. well, here we are in 2012 and that is a completely different story and we need to make the attempt. >> but what i heard al say, and what president obama won because he promised free thing
votes, but we need to pursue them, and frankly, i have been there and been the chairman of the party in florida when we used to get 60% of the vote from hispanics and a larger percentage from african-americans, but you have to have a game plan and you have to have the dedication and the resources and the commitment to show up, show respect and be there at all times, and i think that it can be done, but, frankly, we need to change the scope of our energies and the scope of our commitments....
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no early voting in florida. and i think voting tomorrow in florida might be a lot easier than early voting because the ballots are going to be preprinted as opposed to being printed on demand, which is what happened in early voting. >> one thing about romney in pittsburgh. i was told by somebody in the romney campaign that actually romney does better with democrats in pittsburgh than anywhere else in the country. and they don't early vote. so they're trying to get them out on election day, which is a gambit. it's late. >> and it testifies to the fact that romney has actually, again, only in the last month, made himself an attractive candidate, like the idea that he could be winning blue-collar -- >> that he could run to pennsylvania and come up short -- >> both are true. but we were talking about the divided country, the kind of election we've had, which all of us would say has not risen to the highest heights. what does this say, no matter who wins because we're not going to predict who's going to win. but what
no early voting in florida. and i think voting tomorrow in florida might be a lot easier than early voting because the ballots are going to be preprinted as opposed to being printed on demand, which is what happened in early voting. >> one thing about romney in pittsburgh. i was told by somebody in the romney campaign that actually romney does better with democrats in pittsburgh than anywhere else in the country. and they don't early vote. so they're trying to get them out on election...
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jason ranning with our affiliate bay nine news outside the kelley home in tampa, florida. thank you, jason. we appreciate the update. >>> ahead this morning we'll talk to a man whose political career was brought down by a sex scandal of his own. former new jersey governor jim mcgreevey will chat with us. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. just two pills for all day pain relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long sinus and headache relief. >>> welcome back, everybody. we've been following these pretty dramatic developments in the petraeus sex scandal. general john allen is now under scrutiny as well. there are sources that investigators are going through between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of potentially ina
jason ranning with our affiliate bay nine news outside the kelley home in tampa, florida. thank you, jason. we appreciate the update. >>> ahead this morning we'll talk to a man whose political career was brought down by a sex scandal of his own. former new jersey governor jim mcgreevey will chat with us. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in...
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is that florida again? it didn't matter in the final outcome, but here was florida a dozen years after the infamous butterfly ballot once again too close to call, once again long lines. even the president during his victory speech through a little zinger. >> i want to thank every american who participated in this election. whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time -- by the way, we have to fix that -- >> reporter: in miami-dade county, the state's largest, people were still voting as he took the stage. some precincts didn't wrap up until 1:30 in the morning, six and a half hours after the polls closed. >> it's not that there were any problems or glitches, which is the word that's commonly used. it is not about that. it's about the volume of paper that we're processing. >> reporter: that is true. statewide there weren't any major technical hiccups. the biggest problem was the ballot, the longest in state history. >> it was a combination of a lot of things. and overly lo
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byu and florida state tip-off at 7 p.m. eastern and later notre dame takes on st. joseph's and their head coaches join us now. welcome, gentlemen. we're so glad you're here. >> thank you. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> great to have you here. your teams are playing each other, but you also have a common enemy. i would like each of you to tell us you how you have been touched by cancer. start with you, mike. >> my father had a malignant melanoma in the mid-'90s and it opened my eyes to this whole cancer battle. when i got the job at the university of delaware as the head coach we started a program there and then since we have been at things here at notre dame it has been very powerful. two of my starters tonight have fathers, one scott martin's father is battling cancer as we speak, and my point guard eric atkins father passed away from prostate conference when he was in tenth grade. it touches close to the heart for me. >> sure does. phil, how about you? >> well, i was fortunate not to have it in my family, but the coach that hired me at st. joseph's, jim
byu and florida state tip-off at 7 p.m. eastern and later notre dame takes on st. joseph's and their head coaches join us now. welcome, gentlemen. we're so glad you're here. >> thank you. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> great to have you here. your teams are playing each other, but you also have a common enemy. i would like each of you to tell us you how you have been touched by cancer. start with you, mike. >> my father had a malignant melanoma in the mid-'90s...
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skilled and when we saw the votes coming in, in ohio and virginia -- first it was virginia, and then in florida, there was a sense this could be an earlier evening than we thought. >> we looked at the demographics. pretty much across the board you had a good night on women, independents, you know, younger people, african-americans, latinos, asians, it was a pretty big sweeping area of people coming in to vote again for you guys. were you pleased about the level of the turnout? >> oh, absolutely. and the breadth of it, the question that was being raised on the other side was whether the obama coalition that served him so well in 2008 would come out again. and so one of the things we saw very early, and even before the polls closed when, you know, just looking at the turnout, was that we were getting strong turnout among the very groups you were talking about. and that was encouraging. >> the inevitable inquest into why republicans lost. if you were putting your strategist hat on and looking at their campaign, where do you think in the end they lost it? >> i think the problem for their republican
skilled and when we saw the votes coming in, in ohio and virginia -- first it was virginia, and then in florida, there was a sense this could be an earlier evening than we thought. >> we looked at the demographics. pretty much across the board you had a good night on women, independents, you know, younger people, african-americans, latinos, asians, it was a pretty big sweeping area of people coming in to vote again for you guys. were you pleased about the level of the turnout? >>...
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if mitt romney were to take florida, there are another 29 electoral votes for florida but that would not put mitt romney over the top. >> the president is leading in florida but they've stopped counting ballots in miami-dade county. they're going to pick it up in the morning. there was a lot of talk about a combination of states. >> he lost a couple states. you look here. he won these two. traditionally reliably red states. the president won both of those states in 2008. he did not this time. he lost ground but it didn't matter. >> and we're waiting on florida. still waiting on florida. >> by the end of our broadcast, we may have results. thank you so much. soledad? >> thanks. right to our panel and ask them what was done right and what was done very, very wrong. i guess i'm going to start with you. >> which part? >> either one. both sides. start with the dems. >> first and foremost, the right thing, the president was smart to make sure they had a smart ground game four years ago. i mean last election they implemented that ground game after the election because they knew how much mor
if mitt romney were to take florida, there are another 29 electoral votes for florida but that would not put mitt romney over the top. >> the president is leading in florida but they've stopped counting ballots in miami-dade county. they're going to pick it up in the morning. there was a lot of talk about a combination of states. >> he lost a couple states. you look here. he won these two. traditionally reliably red states. the president won both of those states in 2008. he did not...
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i am still roasting from the florida sun. sun burned too. thank you for coming coming in. >> i'm flat out of time, otherwise i would go on and on. you know i would. newsroom international starts next with saws ann malveaux. >>> welcome to newsroom international. i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get right to it. a major story we are watching this hour in arizona. former congresswoman gabby giffords face-to-face with the man who shot her. giffords and her husband mark kelli are in a tucson courtroom right now for the sentencing of jerry lee loughner. he is expected to get life in prison after he struck a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. loughner pleaded guilty to a shooting rampage that left six people dead and 13 wounded, including giffords, who was shot in the head at point-blank range. it happened at an event she was holding in 2011. giffords will not speak in court today, but her husband will. nor on the sentencing later in the hour. >>> folks in the northeast hit super hard by sandy are dealing with even more misery today. a nor'easter
i am still roasting from the florida sun. sun burned too. thank you for coming coming in. >> i'm flat out of time, otherwise i would go on and on. you know i would. newsroom international starts next with saws ann malveaux. >>> welcome to newsroom international. i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get right to it. a major story we are watching this hour in arizona. former congresswoman gabby giffords face-to-face with the man who shot her. giffords and her husband mark kelli are in a...